WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers on Thursday blocked attempts to alter a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package, rejecting President Donald Trump’s demand for extensive changes and leaving benefits for millions of Americans at risk. ADVERTISEMENTRepublicans sought to change the amount of foreign aid included in the package, seeking to address another one of Trump’s complaints. Republicans opposed larger direct payments during negotiations as they sought to keep the overall price tag of the coronavirus aid below $1 trillion. “House Democrats appear to be suffering from selective hearing,” he wrote in a letter to other House Republicans. The stopgap bill would not include coronavirus aid, however.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 24, 2020 15:11 UTC